Men have made war for gold, for land, and to put others in chains for millennia. No invention or philosophy has changed that, not gunpowder, not airplanes, not democracy, or even splitting the atom. Whatever the era, whatever the weapon, man has made war on his neighbors. The nature of conflict never changes, because human nature has not changed.

But how might that change if it were no longer just humanity going to war—if animal instincts, strengths and skill were to join the battlefield?

Dogs of War is an anthology exploring what warfare looks like when the combatants are no longer fully human. It contains twenty three stories about how war changes when those who do the fighting have changed, and how much it stays just the same.

Contents

Nosy and Wolf by Ken MacGregor

After Their Kind by Taylor Harbin

Succession by Devin Hallsworth

Two If By Sea by Field T. Mouse

The Queens’ Confederate Space Marines by Elizabeth McCoy

The Loving Children by Bill McCormick

Strike, But Hear Me by Jefferson P. Swycaffer

End of Ages by BanWynn Oakshadow

Shells On the Beach by Tom Mullins

Cross of Valor Reception for the Raccoon, Tanner Williams, Declassified Transcript by John Kulp

Last Man Standing by Frances Pauli

Hunter’s Fall by Angela Oliver

Old Regimes by Gullwulf

The Shrine War by Alan Loewen

The Monster in the Mist by Madison Keller

Wolves in Winter by Searska GreyRaven

The Third Variety by Rob Baird

The Best and Worst of Worlds by Mary E. Lowd

Tooth, Claw and Fang by Stephen Coghlan

Sacrifice by J.N. Wolfe

War of Attrition by Lisa Timpf

Fathers to Sons by MikasiWolf

Hoodies and Horses by Michael D. Winkle

Edited by Fred Patten, Cover art by Teagan Gavet